Adriana holds a BA in Social Communication and a Masters degree in Applied Linguistcs from UNISINOS-BR. She has a PhD in Linguistics from PUC RS-Brazil (2015). She was mentored by Charles Perfetti at the LRDC-UPitt in a split doctorate program.She was granted a DOC-FIx from FAPERGS at UNISC-Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul where she researches language and cognition with focus on reading.